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Association of Opioid Use with Pain and Satisfaction After Dental Extraction

  • Among patients who underwent surgical and routine extractions, patients who used opioids reported higher levels of pain compared with those who did not use opioids
  • No statistically significant difference in satisfaction was found between patients after surgical extraction who used and did not use opioids, and between those after routine extraction who used and did not use opioids.


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Nalliah RP, Sloss KR, Kenney BC, et al. Association of Opioid Use With Pain and Satisfaction After Dental Extraction. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(3):e200901. Published 2020 Mar 2. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0901